Building 88 Fire Party Hut Bicester Motion Heritage Buckingham Road Bicester Data via plota.co.uk

26/02379/F - Full Development Under Consultation

Proposal

Retrospective change of use of Building 88 from MOD sui generis use to Class E (Commercial, Business and Service), together with associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 02:18

Application progress

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Received

11 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 6 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 6 Nov 2026 and 21 Nov 2026, from Cherwell's recent changes of use. Comments are open until 22 Oct 2026.

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Documents 8

Plans & drawings 6

PDF Plans - Site Document · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Plans - Site Document · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Plans - Existing Document · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Plans - Existing Document · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Plans - Proposed Document · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Plans - Proposed Document · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 3

RAF Bicester conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

10 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Building No 89 (Guard and Fire Party House), Grade II, about 35 m from the postcode pin · 10 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show all 10 with distances

35 mBuilding No 89 (Guard and Fire Party House)Grade II
43 mBuilding Nos 146 and 147 (Station Offices and Operation Block)Grade II
64 mBuilding No 48 (Dining Room and Cookhouse)Grade II
76 mBuilding No 87 (Fire Party House)Grade II
90 mBuilding 50 (Decontamination Centre)Grade II
94 mBuilding No 47 (Ration and Adjutant Stores)Grade II
119 mBuilding No 90 (Main Stores)Grade II
137 mBuilding 33 (Barrack Block)Grade II
145 mBuilding Nos 43 and 46 (Station Sick Quarters and Decontamination Centre)Grade II
146 mBuilding No 135Grade II

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Inside the Bicester built-up area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 22 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Cherwell
Application type: Full Development
Received: 11 Sept 2026
Validated: 11 Sept 2026
Ward: Launton And Otmoor
Parish: Launton
Target decision: 6 Nov 2026
Decision level: Delegated

Decision outlook

Day 24 of the 56-day target. Cherwell usually decides changes of use by day 57.

prediction

Day 2433 days to the predicted decision (day 57)

47%decided within 8 weeks

69%approved

5%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Cherwell in the last twelve months, from validation. Cherwell decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 22 Oct 2026

Cherwell

Planning Authority Score

3.6/10

Below average

#214 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

Cherwell is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #247 out of 296. 49% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Cherwell decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

92%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #77 of 296

94%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #101 of 296

47%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #247 of 296

49%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #218 of 296

77%

Minor dwellings approved

117 decided (1-9 homes)

95%

Major dwellings approved

19 decided (10+ homes)

96%

Change of use approved

47 decided

1,091

Total decisions

90 refused in the year to March 2026